Selective Collection & Compacting of Packages for Recycling

September 10th

MSc. Engineering Design 2003 2004

project » Eduardo Santoscoordinators » Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão

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Contents

Project Scope

Product Design & Development

Cost Estimation

•Specifications

•Product

Concept

•Solutions

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Challenge

Design an equipment to automatically separate and collect used beverage containers for reuse and recycling.

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Business concept

Convenient & cost-effective solutions

€

RVM ‘Reverse Vending Machines’ • Receive packages from

customers

• Identify, compact, separate and store packages

• Refund the customer

Collection programs with consumer incentives achieve high recycling rates.

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Contents

Project Scope

Product Design & Development

Cost Estimation

•Specifications

•Product Concept

•Solutions

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Specifications

• Reception• Identification• Compacting• Separation• Collection• Refund

• Supermarkets and retail stores

• Restaurants

• Recycling centers

Target sites

• Supermarket clients

• Restaurant staff

Target usersFunctionality

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Contents

Project Scope

Product Design & Development

Cost Estimation

•Specifications

•Product

Concept

•Solutions

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•Reception

•Identification

•Compacting

•Separation

•Collection

•Refund

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

•Modularity

Product concept

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Contents

Project Scope

Product Design & Development

Cost Estimation

•Specifications

•Product

Concept

•Solutions

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Module 1

Reception + Refund

Solutions

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• Individual reception (package by package)

Cupon printer

LCD display

• Multiple reception (several packages at once)

Package introduction

Package introduction

Module 1

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Module 2

Identification + Compacting

Solutions

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•Artificial vision

•Metal detection

•Weight control

From ‘Tomra Systems ASA’

•Identification

Module 2

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•Compacting

Compacting force: 1800N

Module 2

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• 2 chambers (Identification + Compacting)

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2

3

4

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Module 3

Separation + Collection

Solutions

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Volume: 4 x 68L

Removable base and recipients

Washable

Module 3

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•on site storage for high capacity processing

From ‘Tomra Systems ASA’

Module 3

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Contents

Project Scope

Product Design & Development

Cost Estimation

•Specifications

•Product

Concept

•Solutions

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Product costs

Components Cost per unit (€)

Camera controller F150-3 Omron

Camera (without lens)

CCTV lens

Camera controller cable (5m)

Screen controller cable

Software (Vision Composer v2.0)

Controller programmer

Weight sensor (with wiring and electrics)

Metal detector (with wiring and electrics)

Receipt printer

LCD pannel

3 electric motors

1998

1226

120

216

79

500

199

320

480

380

400

1200

Total. 7158

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Product costs

Production Cost per unit (€)

Raw materials (metal sheet and plastic)

Operations with labour (metal sheet cutting,

welding, drilling, plastic injection, ...)

128

250 (RVM)

221 (nRVM)

Total product cost (€)

‘RVM’ version 7.537

‘not RVM’ version 7.510

Selective Collection & Compacting of Packages for Recycling

September 10th

MSc. Engineering Design 2003 2004

project » Eduardo Santos (edsantos@dem.ist.utl.pt)coordinators » Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão